It seems that these days you can’t look at the big or small screen without seeing some sort of Stephen King adaptation playing out. But then, that’s kind of been the case for the past several decades now. And now, we have word on another new King adap on the way.

As per The Hollywood Reporter, New Line is at work on adapting King’s The Long Walk. Truth’s James Vanderbilt is working on a screenplay, and he’ll also act as producer alongside Bradley Fischer and William Sherak.

The official blurb on The Long Walk reads:

First published in 1979, The Long Walk is set in future dystopian America ruled by an authoritarian. The country holds an annual walking contest in which 100 teens must journey, non-stop and under strict rules, until only one of them it still standing alive and receiving a prize. The story of a 16-year-old walker named Raymond Garraty and the teens, some good, some bad, some mysterious, in his orbit.

Expect more on The Long Walk as it continues to develop.

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